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Overview
- Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha died on Tuesday, December 9, in Joinville, with his lawyer confirming cirrhosis as the cause and another attorney suggesting a possible link to prior bariatric surgery.
- He was velated on Wednesday in São José dos Pinhais, in greater Curitiba, with cremation scheduled at Capela Pedro Fuss.
- The paranaense gained national notoriety in 2001 by posing as Gol executive Henrique Constantino at a Recife event, giving TV interviews and deceiving celebrities including Amaury Jr.
- Over the years he amassed convictions for fraud, falsidade ideológica, association to drug trafficking and aircraft robbery, with at least a dozen arrests and multiple escapes from custody.
- In recent years he worked as a writer, lecturer and producer in what his lawyers described as resocialization, and one attorney said his punishment for estelionato was extinguished earlier in 2025.